Posts Tagged Evan Lysacek

Eli’s Pastry Chef Melissa Bosco did a demonstration today at the Eli’s Cheesecake Bakery Cafe this morning on how to create an Eli’s Whoopie. The timing was perfect as Olympic Skating Gold Medal Winner Evan Lysacek was in Chicago at the Park Hyatt and got a special delivery of the just made Eli’s Whoopies!

Taking a day off from Dancing With the Stars, Evan Lysacak came home to Naperville, Illinois for a city wide celebration. At a luncheon hosted by the Naperville Chamber of Commerce, Eli’s Cheesecake presented a giant Gold Medal Cheesecake to Evan Lysacek. Evan has been a friend of Eli’s for many years dating back to his days skating as celebrity guest skater at Superstars on Ice at the Skokie Skatium.

Olympic Figure Skater Evan Lysacak is a Chicago area native and a great friend to all of us at Eli’s Cheesecake dating back to his days skating at the Skokie Skatium Skating Professionals Evening that was followed by dinner at Eli’s the Place for Steak and in more recent years at the Eli’s Cheesecake Cafe.

In 2006, Evan joined us our celebrity Big Eli’s Cheesecake Cutter as we celebrated the 26th Birthday of Taste of Chicago and Eli’s Cheesecake.

We wish Evan great success as he skates for a Gold Medal in Vancouver Tonight.

All of us at Eli’s Cheesecake congratulate Evan Lysacek on his outstanding victory in Lake Placid on Saturday at Skate America. Evan has been a great friend to Eli’s for a number of years and was our celebrity cake cutter at the Taste of Chicago in 2006.

Evan won by nearly a 34 point margin with two outstanding skating performances qualifying him for the Grand Prix next month on the way to the Winter Olympics in 2010 in Vancouver.

“(8/5/09) – U.S. Figure Skating and SKATING magazine announced today that 2009 World champion Evan Lysacek has won the 2009 Readers’ Choice Award for Skater of the Year Michelle Kwan Trophy. This is the first time Lysacek has taken home this honor.

“I am so honored to join the esteemed list of Readers’ Choice recipients,’ Lysacek said. ‘I have to thank SKATING magazine readers and my loyal fans and for their continued support – my fans play such an important role in my life.’

“Lysacek started slowly in 2008-09, taking home bronze medals from both Skate America and Skate Canada and failing to qualify for the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final for the first time in four years. After a bronze-medal-winning performance at the 2009 AT&T U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Cleveland, Ohio, in January, the two-time U.S. champion bounced back to garner silver at the 2009 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Vancouver, British Columbia, and capture gold in his adopted hometown of Los Angeles at the 2009 World Figure Skating Championships.

“He also placed first in the men’s competition at the World Team Trophy in Tokyo in April, helping the United States earn a victory at the inaugural staging of the competition.

“Each spring, SKATING magazine readers are asked to vote for the eligible skater in any discipline whom they believe is most deserving of the award, based on the accomplishments of the past season. The Michelle Kwan Trophy, which represents both the sport of figure skating and SKATING magazine, is a one-of-a-kind crystal sculpture designed by Crystal Signatures of Pennsylvania.

“The Readers’ Choice Award is given annually by SKATING magazine, the official publication of U.S. Figure Skating. Voting was open to the public on www.usfigureskating.org.”